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clarification of directions - PE Boyne Valley

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Time: January 31, 2015 all day
Location: Donegans Monasterboice Inn
Street: Old Drogheda Road – R132
City/Town: Monasteboice
Website or Map: http://Satellite Navigation C…
Phone: 086 8050177
Event Type: paint-out
Organized By: Sally Downey
Latest Activity: Jan 31, 2015

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Event Description

Our destination this Saturday is Old Mellifornt Abbey and/or nearby Monasterboice. Old Mellifont Abbey was founded in 1142 and was the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. The abbey sits in a peaceful valley set in the rolling fields of south County Louth. Mellifont was the model on which all Cistercian abbeys in Ireland was based. It is especially famous for its octagonal Lavabo.

Hugh O'Neill finally submitted to Queen Elizabeth here in 1603 marking the Flight of the Earls after the Battle of |Kinsale.

The site does not officially open until May so we should be able to work away in relative freedom. Free car park.

Monasterboice is a product of early Christian Ireland, founded in fifth century. It continues to this day as a burial ground but is famous for its 10th century High Crosses and round tower especially M uiredach's Cross

And if you don’t ‘do’ buildings there’s plenty of honest-to-god countryside.

We meet for coffee or breakfast in The Monasterboice Inn.

Travelling northwards on M1 take Exit 10.

Go right around roundabout and watch for brown National Monument signs for Monasterboice (not Mellifont yet). It is very well signposted.

Follow the signs towards Monasterboice. You will find yourself travelling north on the old Drogheda –Dundalk road.

Continue until you see Monasterboice Inn on your right.

Well done. All the best,

Satellite Navigation Coordinates – 53.769272,-6.39988

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Comment by Sally Downey on January 31, 2015 at 8:50: Weather in the Boyne Valley this morning:- No snow, no rain but very windy and, of course, cold. I'm having a big bowl of porridge and will be at the M Inn at least for the coffee just in case.....

Comment by Sally Downey on January 30, 2015 at 16:08: Check events page for clarification of directions.

Comment by Sally Downey on January 29, 2015 at 23:00: Very wise Caroline and to be recommended. Keep an eye on the site in case paintout is cancelled.

Comment by Caroline Carroll on January 29, 2015 at 22:17: Sallly, I would love to attend, but will wait until Saturday morning to see what road conditions are like.

Comment by Sally Downey on January 29, 2015 at 9:40: N.B. Old Mellifont Abbey is the main focus for this weeks’s Boyne Valley paintout. Monasterboice Inn is merely the very cosy hostelry where we are meeting pre-paintout. Ooops…. my little weakness showed in putting it first.

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